Chapter 12: Leadership Lessons Learned with Growing the Department

In this chapter, Dr. Hicks summarizes what he learned from serving in this first major leadership role as department chair of Diagnostic Radiology. He begins by saying that his role required him to become “reacquainted with the broad field of radiology” in order to be able to properly understand issues in each of the sections. He also talks about gaining the confidence to elicit information and the challenge of creating an environment that fosters sharing of information.||Reflecting on his leadership style, Dr. Hicks explains that he allows others to air their views fully, often not sharing his own perspective in order to allow free flow of discussion. He notes that some colleagues have criticized him for being too slow to voice his own views and make decisions, but feels his slower style has served him well.||Dr. Hicks also comments on the importance of admitting when something didn’t go right, giving an example of the department’s inefficient first attempt to address effort allocation.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1199/thumbnail.jp